USA Today/WBCA DI Coaches Poll for 12/12/23
USA Today/WBCA DI Coaches Poll for 12/12/23
The USA TODAY Sports/WBCA NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll with teams’ RECORDS THROUGH MONDAY in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last week’s poll, and first-place votes received:
| Rank | School (record) | Points | Last Week’s Rank |
First-Place Votes
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| 1 | South Carolina (9-0) | 800 | 1 | 32 |
| 2 | UCLA (9-0) | 766 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Iowa (10-1) | 704 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | North Carolina State (10-0) | 694 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | Southern California (8-0) | 647 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | LSU (9-1) | 643 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | Texas (10-0) | 589 | 9 | 0 |
| 8 | Colorado (9-1) | 567 | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | Stanford (8-1) | 534 | 10 | 0 |
| 10 | Utah (8-2) | 522 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | Ohio State (8-1) | 482 | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | Notre Dame (7-1) | 439 | 12 | 0 |
| 13 | Baylor (7-0) | 411 | 14 | 0 |
| 14 | Virginia Tech (7-2) | 393 | 13 | 0 |
| 15 | Indiana (8-1) | 352 | 15 | 0 |
| 16 | Kansas State (9-1) | 334 | 16 | 0 |
| 17 | Louisville (9-1) | 273 | 18 | 0 |
| 18 | Connecticut (6-3) | 272 | 17 | 0 |
| 19 | Marquette (9-0) | 238 | 19 | 0 |
| 20 | Creighton (7-1) | 169 | 21 | 0 |
| 21 | Gonzaga (10-2) | 140 | 23 | 0 |
| 22 | Florida State (7-3) | 108 | 20 | 0 |
| 23 | Miami (Fla.) (8-0) | 98 | 26 | 0 |
| 24 | UNLV (9-0) | 86 | 28 | 0 |
| 25 | North Carolina (6-4) | 45 | 24 | 0 |
Dropped out: No. 22 Washington State (10-2); No. 25 Michigan (8-2).
Others receiving votes: Washington State (10-2) 21; Syracuse (8-1) 16; Michigan (8-2) 14; Washington (10-0) 14; Mississippi State (9-2) 6; Duke (6-4) 5; Maryland (7-3) 4; Green Bay (5-3) 3; Oklahoma (6-3) 3; TCU (10-0) 2; West Virginia (9-0) 2; Cleveland State (9-1) 2; Princeton (7-3) 2.
Voters
The USA Today Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 32 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. The board for the 2023-24 season: Natasha Adair, Arizona State; Ganiyat Adeduntan, Colgate; Matt Bollant, Eastern Illinois; Jenn Brown, Queens; Dan Burt, Duquesne; Bill Carr, Santa Clara; Fred Castro, Eastern Michigan; Denise Dillon, Villanova; Dalila Eshe, Yale; Heather Ezell, Wyoming; Bill Fennelly, Iowa State; Aqua Franklin, Lamar; Kristin Gillespie, Illinois State; Ty Grace, Howard; Johnnie Harris, Auburn; Brian Holsinger, Montana; Anita Howard, Georgia Southern; Rick Insell, Middle Tennessee; Kayla Karius, South Dakota; Chris Kielsmeier, Cleveland State; Mike Lane, New Jersey Tech; Amy Mallon, Drexel; Kim McNeill, East Carolina; Lynn Milligan, Rider; Carlene Mitchell, Cal State Northridge; Kelly Morrone, Merrimack; Dan Nielson, Utah Valley; Shawn Poppie, Chattanooga; Margaret Richards, Alabama A&M; Alaura Sharp, Presbyterian; Jeff Walz, Louisville; Coquese Washington, Rutgers.
